“Like those dreaded dinner party words 'Longtime Companion' or "Partner.' Sometimes I just want to scream, 'is she your wife or is she your mistress? Please clarify the nature of your bloody relationship!”

“No matter what the challenge, Aurore always felt stronger on her own territory. Her deepest faith abided in her vines. She knew her childhood home on Cyprus like she knew her own body.”

“She had to remind herself that she was in recovery from being rich.”

“Thrown from the garden, she searches for true love. but she needs an heir.”

“David put his pint glass down like it was poison. The clear amber beauty stared back at him with Again on its mind. She was already in his blood, swimming in his veins.”

“They were wrong, he thought. She is better than Garbo.”

“If one could have any girl one wanted at the drop of a hat, would one want one?”